Windows Phone Book: Security + Networking 0.2

Here’s a second update to Security + Networking chapter in Windows Phone book. This update includes new sections on a handful of Windows Phone 8 security features.

New in this update are sections on lock screen PIN, Backup, and Phone Update, as well as a short intro bit for the Security section. So far it’s kind of an odd chapter in that each section is essentially a standalone feature (or setting), and they’re all somewhat disconnected. I’m not sure if it matters.

Thanks... I have a note about this for the business chapter, but my understanding is that an individual can only configure a 4-digit PIN as the password *unless* they connect the phone to an EAS server that requires a stronger password. Then it can be more characters and alphanumeric. So unless that is incorrect, I'll have info about that in the final chapter. But I'll fix the current chapter otherwise.

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